No Burial For Lynched Robber

Police and family members are having a hard time finding a burial place for a suspected armed robber after two communities opposed attempts to bury the lynched young man on their lands.

The deceased was one of the two suspected criminals who were set on fire after they were beaten to pulp by angry Jirapa residents on Sunday.

The lynching of the two, according to our correspondent, was based on suspicion that they had been terrorising the community for some time now.

At Jirapa in the Upper West Region, the police were stopped from digging a grave after strong resistance from some opinion leaders and the youth.

They could not accept that the remains of a notorious armed robber be buried in their community.

The deceased was then moved to Babile, believed to be his hometown, in the Lawra District.

'When he got there they said he was not from Babile,' the correspondent said.

Residents and some youth on motorbikes reportedly stormed the burial site to protest against the decision of the landlord to allow the burial.

Many reportedly said they knew of the deceased and remembered his many robberies. They said he robbed his defenceless victims on numerous occasions at gunpoint. They recalled how the deceased, whilst alive, was chased out of Babile following a suspected robbery.

The police have been directed to try burying him at his grandfather's hometown, Nandom.

Meanwhile, two others who survived the initial mob attack have died at the Wa Regional Hospital where they were receiving treatment. This brings the death toll to four.